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The Red Bull X-Alps is truly a team event. This short film details the role of the supporter, plus great footage of Maurer in France

Day four of the world’s toughest adventure race saw a big shake-up in the rankings. Christian Maurer broke from the pack on Tuesday putting in a stunning four-hour flight to surf to within spitting distance of the Tre Cime.

Today 30 adventure athletes set out from Salzburg on the race of their lives: the Red Bull X-Alps.

Matteo Della Bordella has freed the route 'll mito della Caverna' (8a max, 7c oblig, 300m) in Val Bavona, switzerland. This route was opened with Luca Auguadri after starting off with Nicola Balestra.

Interview with Nina Caprez after the Swiss climber carried out the first female ascent of Silbergeier, shortly after her partner Cedric Lachat repeated the 240m 8b/8b+ in the Rätikon, switzerland.

The third stage of the Bouldering World Cup was won yesterday by Anna Stöhr from Austria and Dimitry Sharafutdinov from Russia.

Great success and absolute record number of participants in Val Masino - Val di Mello (Italy) during the eighth Melloblocco, the biggest climbing and bouldering meeting in the world. 2600 registered climbers from 22 different countries took part in the event, while at least 10000 people gathered in the...

After yesterday's debut, Melloblocco #8 got underway in Val Masino today, Friday 6 May. More than 1300 registered climbers have already reached the valley to take part in the world's biggest climbing and bouldering meeting, but the number continues to rise by the hour and over 2500 climbers are expected...

Video of Gabriele Moroni on Coup de grace 9a and Nicolò Ceria on Never Ending Story 8B+.

The start of the XVIII "Mezzalama" has been postponed to 05:30 on Sunday 1 May

On Thursday 28 April Swiss alpinist and mountain guide Erhard Loretan died in a climbing accident while ascending Grünhorn in the Bernse Alps. Loretan was one of the greatest alpinists of the modern era, the third person to have climbed all fourteen 8000m peaks and the second to do so...

Jakob Schubert from Austria has repeated Chris Sharma's Papichulo 9a+ at Oliana and on-sighted Aitzol 8c at Margalef. Gabriele Moroni has carried out the first repeat of Coup de Grace 9a by Dave Graham in the Canton Ticino, switzerland.

On 20/04/2011 Dani Arnold from switzerland climbed the Heckmair route up the North Face of the EIger in 2 hours 28 minutes, setting a new speed record up this historic line.

Two prizes awarded last night in Chamonix during the IXX Piolet d'Or: Mount Logan in Canada by Yasushi Okada and Katsutaka Yokoyama, and the Big Walls in Greenland by Sean Villanueva, Nicolas and Olivier Favresse and Ben Ditto.

The program of the IXX Piolet d'Or which will be held in Courmayeur and Chamonix (Mont Blanc) from 13 - 16 April 2011. All the awards, conferences, lectures and debates of one of the most important mountaineering events in the world.

Austrian boulderer Bernd Zangerl has established two new boulder problems in switzerland's Tessin, Guilty of the Hilti and Humphrey Bogart (Gedächtnisweg)